Marker Monday: Lincoln’s Founding Block
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The Territorial Legislature at Omaha drew the boundaries of Lancaster County in 1855. Settlers first arrived in 1856 and a county government was ...
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New Washington in Nebraska
Moses H. Sydenham (1835-1907) had a long and eventful life as a freighter, newspaperman, postmaster and storekeeper at Fort Kearny, and settler in the Platte valley. In ...
Made in Nebraska: Vineyards
(Published April 1, 2003)
A recent boom in Nebraska vineyards harkens back to an earlier time when grape vines were plentiful. In 1879 there were 84,000 vines ...
Nebraskan Perspectives on Slavery After The Civil War
(The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.)
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
At the brink of the ...
The Nebraska Highway Archeology Program—Rescuing Important Historical Information in the Path of Road Building Since 1959
What does archaeology have to do with highways? Are we digging up ruins of hold highways? Why would anyone do that? Highway archaeology is about identifying important ...
Should We Pay the Rainmaker?
"In 1894 the citizens of Callaway were somewhat confused. They had hired a 'rain-maker' to produce moisture in their community, and then, after it had rained, they were ...
Kool-Aid
What's cooler than Kool-Aid? Quenching your curiosity by becoming a History Nebraska Member. Get started today!
Kool-Aid, the popular powdered drink ...
The Legacy of Nebraska Exhibit
Nebraska celebrated 150 years of statehood in 2017. “The Legacy of Nebraska: Paintings by Todd A. Williams” was open to the public on Statehood Day. Nebraska-born ...
C. A. Sorensen and the Downfall of Omaha Crime Boss Tom Dennison
A crime boss by the name of Tom Dennison dominated Omaha for the first three decades of the twentieth century—until he crossed paths with Attorney General C. A. ...
Marker Monday: Axtell, Nebraska
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on the village of Axtell, best known as the ...
What’s more ghoulish than a historic mask of a long-dead celebrity?
What’s more ghoulish than a historic mask of a long-dead celebrity? Any mask of a long-dead celebrity with wrinkles, tears, missing ears, or discoloration – or at least ...
Flashback Friday: The Creation Of Nebraska Natural Resource District
You probably already know that Nebraska is the only state in the U.S. that has a nonpartisan, unicameral legislature, and is the only state where all electrical ...
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